PROGRAM AREA OVERVIEW

ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH

The primary mission of the Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program is to discover, develop, and deploy computational science and high-performance networking tools and services that enable researchers in scientific disciplines to analyze, model, simulate, and predict complex phenomena important to the Department of Energy.  To accomplish this mission, ASCR funds research at public and private institutions and at DOE laboratories to foster and support fundamental research in applied mathematics, computer science, and high-performance network research.  In addition, ASCR supports multidisciplinary science activities under a computational science partnership program involving technical programs within the Office of Science and throughout the Department.

ASCR also operates high-performance computing (HPC) centers and related facilities, and maintains a high-speed network infrastructure to support computational science research activities.  The HPC facilities include the National Leadership Computing Facility (NLCF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the National Leadership Computing Facility (NLCF) at Argonne National Laboratory, and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).  The high-performance network facilities include ESnet, a 10/20 Gbps high-performance production network at LBNL, and UltraScience Net, a 20 Gbps experimental hybrid optical network at ORNL, used for prototyping, deploying, and testing advanced optical network technologies. 

ASCR is interested in receiving SBIR and STTR grant applications on applied computational sciences in the following areas:

• Applied and Computational Mathematics - to develop the mathematical algorithms, tools, and libraries to model complex physical and biological systems. 

• High-performance Computing Science - to develop scalable systems software and programming models, and to enable computational scientists to effectively utilize petascale computers to advance science in areas important to the DOE mission.

• Distributed Network Environment - to develop integrated software tools and advanced network services to enable large-scale scientific collaboration and make effective use of distributed computing and science facilities in support of the DOE science mission.

• Applied Computational Sciences Partnership - to achieve breakthroughs in scientific advances via computer simulation technologies that are impossible without interdisciplinary effort. 

For additional information regarding the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research priorities, click here.

TOPICS:

36. Numerical Software Maintenance

      a.   Numerical Software Maintenance, Versioning, and Distribution

      b.   Scaling Mathematical Tools and Libraries to Petascale

37. Scientific Visualization and Data Understanding

      a.   Scientific Visualization and Management

      b.   Petabyte-Scale Data Transformation, Discovery, and Distribution

38. High Performance Networks

      a.   High-Speed Network Provisioning Tools and Services

      b.   High-Speed Network Security Systems

39. Scalable System Software for Petascale Computer Systems

      a.   Petascale System Software

      b.   Petascale File Systems

      c.   Debugging and Performance Monitoring of Petascale Systems

40. High Performance Middleware

      a.   Scientific Data Management and Understanding

      b.   Scalable I/O Sub-Systems for Petascale Data Distribution

      c.   Scalable and Secure Services for Large-Scale Scientific Collaborations Scalable Middleware Technologies

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